
After the Angelus, Leo XIV calls for peace in Sudan and Ukraine
The Pope singled out the besieged city of El-Obeid and urged both sides in Ukraine to stop targeting civilians. “It is time to halt the spiral of violence.”
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The Pope singled out the besieged city of El-Obeid and urged both sides in Ukraine to stop targeting civilians. “It is time to halt the spiral of violence.”

On the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Leo XIV reflected on Peter sinking beneath the waves — and what that moment of failure reveals about faith.

From 1962 to 2026: Here's an overview of the interactions between the Holy See and Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and his followers, a history of failed dialogue.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Romanian Monsignor Mihăiţă Blaj as undersecretary for Relations with States and Nigerian Monsignor Anthony Onyemuche Ekpo as assessor for General Affairs

Arriving around 10 a.m. under tight security, Herzog was received by the Pope and later by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin in the Apostolic Palace.

Marking twelve years of papal leadership defined by pastoral courage, institutional reform, and a deep commitment to the margins of Church and world.

After his long hospitalization for double pneumonia and a polymicrobial respiratory infection, the Holy Father is resting and healing back at the Vatican.

Disagreement with the document on blessings seems to be at the root of the interruption of dialogue, shortly after the two Churches celebrated recent martyrs together.

The “red thread” of discernment is “unexpected” events, Pope Francis said during the general audience on September 7, 2022.

Italian Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan passed away on March 5, 2022 at the age of 95. After serving as Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, he presided over the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.

An expert for the Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life reveals what Roman intervention looks like when problems arise in religious institutes.

Leaked correspondence made public the Vatican's opposition to an Italian proposal that some think would threaten the religious liberty of Catholics.

The gift was a nod to to the pope's commitment to the care of Creation.

For the first time, the Holy See's hospital is providing distance education in Arabic.

"God used me to save the people," said Sister Rose.

A few months after the historic event, the Polish pope had a mosaic representing the Virgin Mary installed in St. Peter's Square, in memory of her intervention.

Vaccination campaigns are hastening the reopening of the pilgrimage site, with an August 15 pilgrimage just announced.

The Pontifical Roman Academy awarded the gold prize to a Hungarian archaeologist who studied the Transjordan, where John the Baptist would have been locked up and beheaded.

Fabio Ferrucci is a sociologist who specializes in questions of the inclusion of people with disabilities.

Pope Francis prays their example will lead us "to a greater commitment of fidelity to God."